Kyle Tucker
RF | Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 4" 212LBS | Age: 27
Draft: 2015 | Rd: 1, #5, Houston Astros | H.B. Plant (FL) HS
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 609 544 71 140 30 25 .257 .330 .478 .808
2023 674 574 97 163 29 30 .284 .369 .517 .886
2024 160 134 25 37 11 5 .276 .390 .575 .965
7 Seasons 2,382 2,098 334 572 113 88 .273 .348 .511 .859
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .257 30 25 .808
2023 .284 29 30 .886
2024 .276 11 5 .965
7 Seasons .273 113 88 .859
MLB Percentile Rankings
Hits Spray Chart

Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
Sweet
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2018 21 278 51 2 3.9 2.8 90.7 106.8 15.5 21.6 .264 .372 .207 .324 .348 45.1 18.1 8.3
2019 22 259 47 6 12.8 8.3 92.0 107.7 16.3 42.6 .263 .522 .349 .344 .460 48.9 27.8 5.6
2020 23 862 164 15 9.1 6.6 91.1 110.9 14.9 34.1 .261 .449 .349 .327 .383 44.5 20.2 7.9
2021 24 2180 421 49 11.6 8.6 91.4 111.1 17.6 42.0 .303 .576 .383 .396 .447 47.5 15.9 9.3
2022 25 2262 451 46 10.2 7.6 90.0 111.3 19.0 34.4 .262 .482 .348 .353 .386 42.4 15.6 9.7
2023 26 2570 492 52 10.6 7.7 90.2 110.1 14.8 35.4 .292 .530 .372 .386 .412 45.9 13.6 11.9
2024 27 626 107 14 13.1 8.8 91.9 108.1 21.7 43.0 .316 .600 .416 .434 .484 52.3 16.9 15.6
Player 9037 1733 184 10.6 7.7 90.7 111.3 17.1 36.9 .284 .520 .363 .375 .415 45.7 16.1 10.3
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.5 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .368 36.3 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.




Fastball: 4 Seam, 2 Seam, Cutter, Sinker. Offspeed: Split, Change, Fork, Screw. Breaking: Slider, Curve, Knuckle, Sweeper, Slurve, Other
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Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2018 51.0 17.6 19.6 11.8 37.3 45.1 15.7 0.0 29.4 25.5 37.3 3.9 3.9 2.8
2019 31.9 27.7 36.2 4.3 46.8 31.9 21.3 2.1 23.4 25.5 25.5 10.6 12.8 8.3
2020 39.0 28.7 26.2 6.1 47.0 34.1 18.9 1.8 28.0 29.9 24.4 6.7 9.1 6.6
2021 34.0 33.5 27.1 5.5 34.9 40.9 24.2 2.9 22.8 26.6 24.5 11.6 11.6 8.6
2022 34.4 37.7 22.0 6.0 41.9 34.8 23.3 2.2 25.3 30.2 21.7 10.2 10.2 7.6
2023 38.6 32.7 24.2 4.5 44.1 32.7 23.2 3.9 25.4 27.0 24.8 8.1 10.6 7.7
2024 26.2 41.1 28.0 4.7 42.1 21.5 36.4 0.9 17.8 27.1 30.8 10.3 13.1 8.8
Player 35.8 33.8 24.9 5.5 41.3 35.0 23.6 2.7 24.6 27.9 24.6 9.5 10.6 7.7
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.8 7.0 37.0 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.8 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2024 4-Seam Fastball 4.0 9 233 37.2 58 .292 .729 .470 15.0 12.1 12.3 .327 .812 .511 68.3
2024 Slider 0.7 1 99 15.8 24 .333 .429 .379 26.7 20.8 16.7 .321 .439 .375 25.0
2024 Sinker 0.6 1 93 14.9 22 .263 .579 .400 6.1 13.6 15.8 .337 .501 .405 43.8
2024 Curveball -0.9 -1 54 8.6 17 .143 .214 .250 13.6 11.8 9.5 .213 .320 .313 41.7
2024 Cutter -1.7 -1 52 8.3 15 .154 .385 .287 26.9 33.3 45.5 .315 .463 .384 62.5
2024 Split-Finger 1.3 0 37 5.9 7 .200 .200 .329 28.6 28.6 20.0 .287 .470 .430 66.7
2024 Changeup 9.9 4 37 5.9 10 .625 1.125 .735 25.0 10.0 12.5 .533 1.012 .664 57.1
2024 Sweeper 4.3 1 19 3.0 6 .167 .667 .333 33.3 33.3 25.0 .122 .282 .169 25.0
2024 Slurve -3.7 0 2 0.3 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2023 4-Seam Fastball 2.5 22 854 33.2 220 .339 .597 .445 14.9 13.2 13.3 .332 .649 .456 57.0
2023 Slider 1.8 8 423 16.5 113 .245 .541 .379 21.8 17.7 15.7 .236 .438 .332 40.5
2023 Sinker 1.4 5 343 13.3 94 .282 .474 .382 9.9 7.4 7.8 .327 .525 .414 50.7
2023 Changeup -0.3 -1 320 12.5 88 .237 .425 .299 18.5 11.4 12.5 .248 .416 .307 27.0
2023 Curveball 0.8 2 219 8.5 48 .222 .489 .306 29.6 20.8 13.9 .273 .493 .347 44.4
2023 Cutter 1.3 3 207 8.1 50 .286 .524 .401 20.8 16.0 16.3 .298 .595 .425 52.9
2023 Sweeper 4.8 5 97 3.8 27 .375 .542 .430 23.4 14.8 11.4 .221 .328 .285 35.0
2023 Split-Finger -1.5 -1 91 3.5 22 .167 .222 .245 34.7 18.2 12.1 .328 .537 .398 33.3
2023 Slurve 4.2 0 9 0.4 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 0.0 .883 .971 .823 0.0
2023 Knuckleball -6.2 0 3 0.1 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .163 .580 .292 100.0
2022 4-Seam Fastball 2.1 16 735 32.5 214 .283 .492 .380 16.2 14.5 14.2 .285 .553 .400 47.1
2022 Slider 2.7 9 338 14.9 84 .263 .605 .394 31.9 26.2 17.9 .233 .474 .339 35.2
2022 Changeup -1.0 -3 331 14.6 77 .191 .309 .262 19.1 14.3 10.6 .277 .417 .345 41.4
2022 Sinker 0.6 2 289 12.8 76 .290 .522 .389 14.7 9.2 10.1 .292 .514 .379 46.8
2022 Curveball 1.7 4 237 10.5 69 .238 .460 .330 14.3 10.1 9.9 .231 .412 .311 37.5
2022 Cutter -3.1 -6 189 8.4 51 .188 .271 .228 25.7 19.6 26.3 .205 .299 .245 36.8
2022 Sweeper 4.6 4 94 4.2 21 .250 .700 .405 21.3 19.0 11.8 .256 .651 .392 43.8
2022 Split-Finger 3.4 1 41 1.8 11 .364 .727 .459 35.0 27.3 20.0 .238 .477 .309 25.0
2022 Slurve 1.3 0 3 0.1 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2021 4-Seam Fastball 1.7 12 707 32.4 193 .309 .611 .413 16.7 16.6 15.5 .316 .641 .422 57.2
2021 Sinker 0.0 0 332 15.2 94 .310 .483 .369 15.8 12.8 15.8 .318 .565 .398 49.3
2021 Slider -1.1 -4 321 14.7 84 .187 .453 .314 28.7 21.4 17.6 .238 .520 .350 44.8
2021 Changeup 2.3 7 294 13.5 64 .345 .655 .441 22.0 12.5 9.5 .322 .585 .402 30.8
2021 Curveball 2.9 6 205 9.4 59 .264 .434 .339 20.4 18.6 19.0 .311 .534 .393 38.1
2021 Cutter 4.4 7 165 7.6 34 .433 .867 .591 18.7 8.8 7.1 .356 .665 .461 59.3
2021 Split-Finger -0.6 0 70 3.2 16 .154 .231 .322 43.8 31.3 16.7 .195 .236 .283 25.0
2021 Sweeper 6.3 4 58 2.7 12 .364 .455 .388 19.2 8.3 5.3 .328 .379 .341 20.0
2021 Knuckleball 7.4 1 9 0.4 2 -- -- .700 -- 0.0 -- -- -- .700 --
2021 Slurve 2.4 0 7 0.3 1 .000 .000 .000 50.0 0.0 0.0 .411 .699 .465 100.0
2020 4-Seam Fastball 5.4 14 267 31.0 83 .360 .733 .503 13.0 10.8 11.8 .306 .589 .405 53.0
2020 Slider -2.8 -4 161 18.7 31 .103 .207 .145 32.9 38.7 23.5 .166 .237 .185 27.8
2020 Sinker -1.6 -2 130 15.1 38 .212 .333 .295 20.0 21.1 23.5 .263 .438 .350 48.0
2020 Changeup 0.3 0 118 13.7 35 .229 .429 .304 22.4 20.0 25.9 .269 .399 .287 35.7
2020 Curveball 2.0 1 74 8.6 15 .333 .533 .370 28.6 20.0 12.5 .230 .325 .237 50.0
2020 Cutter 0.8 1 71 8.2 15 .267 .533 .337 27.9 26.7 23.5 .279 .526 .342 27.3
2020 Split-Finger 11.1 2 21 2.4 5 .250 .750 .460 42.9 40.0 20.0 .122 .248 .266 50.0
2020 Sweeper 8.3 1 11 1.3 3 .333 .333 .300 33.3 33.3 50.0 .200 .200 .182 50.0
2020 Slurve -4.5 0 4 0.5 -- -- -- 50.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2019 4-Seam Fastball 1.2 1 70 27.0 19 .353 .706 .471 25.0 31.6 25.0 .286 .685 .427 63.6
2019 Slider -2.5 -1 49 18.9 13 .154 .385 .223 50.0 53.8 50.0 .236 .499 .299 100.0
2019 Changeup -7.5 -3 44 17.0 12 .083 .333 .167 33.3 33.3 30.8 .159 .293 .187 12.5
2019 Curveball 7.5 2 32 12.4 9 .375 .875 .539 14.3 11.1 14.3 .301 .636 .418 42.9
2019 Sinker 2.8 1 30 11.6 10 .444 .667 .500 6.7 10.0 14.3 .405 .649 .471 62.5
2019 Cutter -4.4 -1 21 8.1 5 .200 .200 .180 11.1 0.0 0.0 .158 .246 .165 0.0
2019 Split-Finger 1.1 0 13 5.0 3 .333 .333 .300 71.4 33.3 20.0 .311 .378 .292 50.0
2018 4-Seam Fastball -2.4 -2 102 36.7 31 .111 .185 .200 11.3 9.7 11.1 .289 .435 .364 54.2
2018 Sinker -2.1 -1 59 21.2 16 .231 .308 .322 20.0 12.5 28.6 .296 .420 .386 36.4
2018 Slider -1.0 0 36 12.9 7 .429 .571 .436 38.9 28.6 20.0 .331 .397 .322 60.0
2018 Curveball -6.1 -2 30 10.8 6 .000 .000 .117 58.3 50.0 20.0 .029 .031 .144 0.0
2018 Changeup -3.3 -1 26 9.4 6 .000 .000 .000 33.3 16.7 25.0 .271 .375 .273 40.0
2018 Cutter -10.4 -2 17 6.1 5 .000 .000 .000 18.2 20.0 25.0 .234 .278 .220 25.0
2018 Split-Finger -2.9 0 6 2.2 1 .000 .000 .000 20.0 100.0 33.3 -- -- .000 --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2018 72 278 -7 -7 4 1 -9
2019 86 325 0 -7 2 1 -3
2020 279 1,055 0 0 10 5 16
2021 628 2,414 9 -6 22 11 36
2022 662 2,498 21 -25 19 11 26
2023 713 2,749 6 -8 27 13 37
2024 159 626 5 -1 7 3 14
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Swing % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2018 278 51.4 81.1 82.8 18.5 48.0 34.9 41.7 50.7 23.4 9.0 84.0
2019 259 44.4 77.4 77.5 30.6 54.5 41.7 43.7 51.4 30.1 9.7 96.0
2020 862 47.4 77.3 82.6 26.3 63.9 42.0 37.7 50.5 22.5 7.8 91.0
2021 2,180 48.0 80.9 85.5 26.4 62.9 42.5 43.3 52.5 20.3 6.7 95.2
2022 2,262 49.2 80.2 86.6 26.1 60.0 43.3 47.4 52.7 19.9 6.1 90.6
2023 2,570 50.6 71.8 87.3 21.6 60.6 43.1 42.0 47.0 18.5 7.4 85.8
2024 626 49.0 67.1 88.8 17.6 53.6 40.3 32.1 41.9 18.7 6.9 81.4
Player 9,037 49.1 76.7 85.9 24.3 60.5 42.4 42.6 50.0 20.3 7.0 89.6
MLB 48.6 66.9 82.0 28.4 57.9 42.6 29.7 47.1 24.8 7.3 76.1
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Max EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
Speed OAA Arm
Strength
2018 51 36
2019 55 70
2020 49 64 64 56 39 75 58 84 79 77 63 35 69 55 69 93 59
2021 94 97 96 92 90 84 78 85 79 83 81 57 77 57 60 86 75
2022 89 74 91 90 75 86 70 69 75 63 85 67 78 67 34 89 77
2023 95 94 93 88 94 89 68 68 59 75 94 85 86 86 33 9 68
2024 99 96 97 95 98 93 87 86 49 94 78 97 84 96 33 71 61
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2018 -- 0 0.3 0 0 1 0 --
2019 21.4 4 4.3 0 3 4 1 25.0
2020 23.4 10 11.4 -1 6 13 2 20.0
2021 24.3 34 29.4 5 16 25 11 32.4
2022 24.8 33 32.4 1 6 25 14 42.4
2023 24.7 29 31.5 -3 9 16 19 65.5
2024 25.1 11 8.1 3 4 6 3 27.3
Player 24.4 121 117.4 4 44 90 50 41.3

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2018 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0
2019 4 5 3 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 5 3 4 5 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 5 5 4 4 3 5 6 5 5 4
2020 10 12 11 14 13 14 15 13 10 7 7 14 12 8 11 13 13 11 11 12 12 14 16 12 8 6 13 12 14 11 4
2021 34 33 27 30 32 27 33 34 18 21 23 35 32 26 31 33 26 28 32 30 29 32 39 31 29 23 34 32 30 25 27
2022 33 38 21 34 34 31 36 33 27 23 29 31 36 31 35 37 36 35 28 33 33 26 41 39 31 28 34 37 35 31 30
2023 29 34 27 35 33 31 33 31 28 27 30 28 29 29 35 33 35 33 33 34 33 31 39 37 29 27 32 31 33 29 25
2024 11 8 5 9 10 9 10 9 8 5 8 11 6 6 9 9 9 8 7 10 6 6 10 9 7 8 9 7 10 9 5
Player 121 130 95 127 127 117 131 124 95 87 102 122 120 105 125 130 123 118 115 123 118 115 151 132 109 95 127 126 128 111 95
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects. For these purposes, the 2020 Blue Jays home field was still Rogers Centre, not Sahlen Field.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2018 2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 90.7 92.0 1.3 91.1 -0.9 91.4 0.3 90.0 -1.4 90.2 0.2 91.9 1.7
Launch Angle 15.5 16.3 0.8 14.9 -1.4 17.6 2.7 19.0 1.4 14.8 -4.2 21.7 6.9
Barrel % 3.9 12.8 8.9 9.1 -3.7 11.6 2.5 10.2 -1.4 10.6 0.4 13.1 2.5
Hard Hit % 45.1 48.9 3.8 44.5 -4.4 47.5 3.0 42.4 -5.1 45.9 3.5 52.3 6.4
Sweet Spot % 21.6 42.6 21.0 34.1 -8.5 42.0 7.9 34.4 -7.6 35.4 1.0 43.0 7.6
xBA .264 .263 -0.001 .261 -0.002 .303 0.042 .262 -0.041 .292 0.030 .316 0.024
BA .141 .269 0.128 .268 -0.001 .294 0.026 .257 -0.037 .284 0.027 .276 -0.008
xwOBA .324 .344 0.020 .327 -0.017 .396 0.069 .353 -0.043 .386 0.033 .434 0.048
wOBA .207 .349 0.142 .349 0.000 .383 0.034 .348 -0.035 .372 0.024 .416 0.044
xSLG .372 .522 0.150 .449 -0.073 .576 0.127 .482 -0.094 .530 0.048 .600 0.070
SLG .203 .537 0.334 .512 -0.025 .557 0.045 .478 -0.079 .517 0.039 .575 0.058
K% 18.1 27.8 9.7 20.2 -7.6 15.9 -4.3 15.6 -0.3 13.6 -2.0 16.9 3.3
BB% 8.3 5.6 -2.7 7.9 2.3 9.3 1.4 9.7 0.4 11.9 2.2 15.6 3.7
Swing % 50.7 51.4 0.7 50.5 -0.9 52.5 2.0 52.7 0.2 47.0 -5.7 41.9 -5.1
Whiff% 23.4 30.1 6.7 22.5 -7.6 20.3 -2.2 19.9 -0.4 18.5 -1.4 18.7 0.2
In Zone % 51.4 44.4 -7.0 47.4 3.0 48.0 0.6 49.2 1.2 50.6 1.4 49.0 -1.6
Out of Zone % 48.6 55.6 7.0 52.6 -3.0 52.0 -0.6 50.8 -1.2 49.4 -1.4 51.0 1.6
Out of Zone Swing % 18.5 30.6 12.1 26.3 -4.3 26.4 0.1 26.1 -0.3 21.6 -4.5 17.6 -4.0
First Pitch Swing % 41.7 43.7 2.0 37.7 -6.0 43.3 5.6 47.4 4.1 42.0 -5.4 32.1 -9.9
First Pitch Strike % 52.8 59.2 6.4 57.0 -2.2 58.6 1.6 61.1 2.5 62.5 1.4 57.2 -5.3
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2018 Shifts L 72 31 43.1 .249 .152
2019 Shifts L 71 47 66.2 .262 .394
2020 Shifts L 226 190 84.1 .540 .312
2021 Shifts L 558 496 88.9 .266 .396
2022 Shifts L 605 572 94.5 .408 .344
2023 Shades L 665 429 64.5 .399 .357
2024 Shades L 150 115 76.7 .377 .410
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2018 80 19.4 0.0% 2.5% 32 24.4 0.0% 12.5%
2019 68 20.9 0.0% 5.9% 40 24.1 0.0% 10.0%
2020 209 20.9 1.0% 2.9% 144 25.5 0.0% 19.4%
2021 565 21.8 1.1% 4.1% 335 26.4 0.3% 24.8%
2022 546 21.4 1.3% 4.4% 356 25.3 0.3% 18.0%
2023 653 16.5 23.6% 0.6% 505 21.1 0.8% 0.2%
2024 168 16.5 25.6% 0.0% 119 20.0 0.8% 0.8%
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Statcast Rankings